Joseph was born in the Millers Creek community to John Warren and Velitia Bullis Rash. His grave is in the Stephen bumgarner Cemetery.
Joseph and Matilda built a large, handsome log house on land she recieved from her father. The huge logs were hand hewn, mortised, and pinned with wooden pins. The cracks were chinked with mud, making it very snug and windproof.
At thirty-nine, an early age for his long-lived family, Joseph died unexpectedly. His body was found in a fence corner after he failed to return from hunting rabbits. Relatives believed that his death was the result of a seizure. He was subject to seizures when he drank, and he had taken a bottle with him.
Matilda was thus left with three children to care for. The oldest, Becky, had been married ten months and was not in the home. The second child, Wesley, had died at age three. That left Martha, Stephen, and "Little Nancy," who was then six. Little Nancy lived to be nine, and died in the epidemic of 1879.
Sources:
(A Genealogy of Stephen Bumgarner. Friend, Flora B. 1983. Biography of Lydia Matilda Bumgarner, p 153-4.)
Location: Reddies River Township (Millers Creek), Wilkes County, NC
Directions: From Wilkesboro, N.C. take US Highway 421 West toward Boone. Turn right and follow NC Highway 16 North to Millers Creek. Pass the elementary school and turn right on Pleasant Home Church Road (State Road 1315). Follow Pleasant Home Church Rd. until you come to a stop sign. Turn right on Friendly Grove Church Road (State Road 1540). Travel 0.7 miles and turn left onto Goddard Lane (State Road 1548). The cemetery is at the end of the road on the left in a fenced area.
UTM Coordinates: 81160 07390
Joseph and Matilda built a large, handsome log house on land she recieved from her father. The huge logs were hand hewn, mortised, and pinned with wooden pins. The cracks were chinked with mud, making it very snug and windproof.
At thirty-nine, an early age for his long-lived family, Joseph died unexpectedly. His body was found in a fence corner after he failed to return from hunting rabbits. Relatives believed that his death was the result of a seizure. He was subject to seizures when he drank, and he had taken a bottle with him.
Matilda was thus left with three children to care for. The oldest, Becky, had been married ten months and was not in the home. The second child, Wesley, had died at age three. That left Martha, Stephen, and "Little Nancy," who was then six. Little Nancy lived to be nine, and died in the epidemic of 1879.
Sources:
(A Genealogy of Stephen Bumgarner. Friend, Flora B. 1983. Biography of Lydia Matilda Bumgarner, p 153-4.)
Location: Reddies River Township (Millers Creek), Wilkes County, NC
Directions: From Wilkesboro, N.C. take US Highway 421 West toward Boone. Turn right and follow NC Highway 16 North to Millers Creek. Pass the elementary school and turn right on Pleasant Home Church Road (State Road 1315). Follow Pleasant Home Church Rd. until you come to a stop sign. Turn right on Friendly Grove Church Road (State Road 1540). Travel 0.7 miles and turn left onto Goddard Lane (State Road 1548). The cemetery is at the end of the road on the left in a fenced area.
UTM Coordinates: 81160 07390
Joseph was born in the Millers Creek community to John Warren and Velitia Bullis Rash. His grave is in the Stephen bumgarner Cemetery.
Joseph and Matilda built a large, handsome log house on land she recieved from her father. The huge logs were hand hewn, mortised, and pinned with wooden pins. The cracks were chinked with mud, making it very snug and windproof.
At thirty-nine, an early age for his long-lived family, Joseph died unexpectedly. His body was found in a fence corner after he failed to return from hunting rabbits. Relatives believed that his death was the result of a seizure. He was subject to seizures when he drank, and he had taken a bottle with him.
Matilda was thus left with three children to care for. The oldest, Becky, had been married ten months and was not in the home. The second child, Wesley, had died at age three. That left Martha, Stephen, and "Little Nancy," who was then six. Little Nancy lived to be nine, and died in the epidemic of 1879.
Sources:
(A Genealogy of Stephen Bumgarner. Friend, Flora B. 1983. Biography of Lydia Matilda Bumgarner, p 153-4.)
Location: Reddies River Township (Millers Creek), Wilkes County, NC
Directions: From Wilkesboro, N.C. take US Highway 421 West toward Boone. Turn right and follow NC Highway 16 North to Millers Creek. Pass the elementary school and turn right on Pleasant Home Church Road (State Road 1315). Follow Pleasant Home Church Rd. until you come to a stop sign. Turn right on Friendly Grove Church Road (State Road 1540). Travel 0.7 miles and turn left onto Goddard Lane (State Road 1548). The cemetery is at the end of the road on the left in a fenced area.
UTM Coordinates: 81160 07390
Joseph and Matilda built a large, handsome log house on land she recieved from her father. The huge logs were hand hewn, mortised, and pinned with wooden pins. The cracks were chinked with mud, making it very snug and windproof.
At thirty-nine, an early age for his long-lived family, Joseph died unexpectedly. His body was found in a fence corner after he failed to return from hunting rabbits. Relatives believed that his death was the result of a seizure. He was subject to seizures when he drank, and he had taken a bottle with him.
Matilda was thus left with three children to care for. The oldest, Becky, had been married ten months and was not in the home. The second child, Wesley, had died at age three. That left Martha, Stephen, and "Little Nancy," who was then six. Little Nancy lived to be nine, and died in the epidemic of 1879.
Sources:
(A Genealogy of Stephen Bumgarner. Friend, Flora B. 1983. Biography of Lydia Matilda Bumgarner, p 153-4.)
Location: Reddies River Township (Millers Creek), Wilkes County, NC
Directions: From Wilkesboro, N.C. take US Highway 421 West toward Boone. Turn right and follow NC Highway 16 North to Millers Creek. Pass the elementary school and turn right on Pleasant Home Church Road (State Road 1315). Follow Pleasant Home Church Rd. until you come to a stop sign. Turn right on Friendly Grove Church Road (State Road 1540). Travel 0.7 miles and turn left onto Goddard Lane (State Road 1548). The cemetery is at the end of the road on the left in a fenced area.
UTM Coordinates: 81160 07390
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